On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Andrew Hodgson wrote: > > I have re-compiled my kernal (2.0.36) to include the appropriate sound > support, and I have also set up the pnptools (via pnpdump) to initialise the > card at boot.
You really should use modules for sound cards (especially plug and play ones). > The problem seems to be that the initialisation of the card (via PnP) takes > place after the sound support from the kernal has loaded. What I get at boot > is the message that sound support is being initialised, but no cards are > picked up in the kernal drivers. Later on in the boot process, the PnP tools > initialise the card with no errors. > > I would like to hear from anyone who has has experience with getting the > AWE64 working under Debian as I don't know what to do next - the only other > option is to boot DOS and load the DOS drivers, then boot Debian. Although not an AWE64, I have an AWE32 and it is very similar, just compile the sound drivers into modules and the order that init calls the scripts should be fine (i.e. isapnp, ..., modutils) -- Ashley Clark
